right, i have a plan, one so cunning, so devious, so amazingly super duper....one so pointless it does nothing performance wise but just looks ****ing awesome. basically, u know that big blank top or ur case, well imagin above where the optical drives go, u had one pop out of the top. i know, pointless but would look good, to discuise the drive i would stick the bit of case that would be cut out on top of it, but im wondering what i should do. Do u think having it pivot so the bac dips down and the front end of the drive pops up for use OR the whole drive rises out of the case? i was thinking of two ways to do it, motorised or hydrolics, motorised, use a belt driven kinda system or hydrolics use those things they have on rear windows in cars that help them open. what do u think? or are there otherways of doin this, loadsa input welcomed and wanted.
i understand him. Basically he's looking for ideas on how to make a cd DRIVE come out of the top of the case when you need it. either that or to have the drawer go straight up. It is a rather cool idea, and shouldn't be too hard in practice. just make the top touch sensitive with a motor underneath that raises the drive up when you touch the top. Going further for looks on this project, put a plexi top on top of the metal, and have the drive coming up under a plexi plate, with the drive manufacturer/specs/etc etched into it and backlit
yes u understand me, hoorah, i was thinking either have the whole drive come out of the top of the comp, just raise out of it, could be push button activated, or to have the front pop up so the front of the drive is visible, i was just wondering how would i go about doin it? like this
lots and lots of planning. As to hydrolics, you wouldn't even need them. All you would need are push clicks - you push it once and it expands to length, push it back and it clicks into it's smaller state. like a pen.
As to making that work, you would need the push clicks to slide back a bit when not in use, so a second set is in order to push the first into a standing positon.
yes!!! u sir, are very very helpfull, i was just thinking, if i mounted the push clicks on the cage for the drives, would i need the second set? if the top ends were on a loose fit they would just let the drive move up and they would slide round the pins attached to the drive, u get me? if not i'll do another diagram,. could u explain ur idea using two push clicks in more detail?
its been done before, i cant remember the link tho.. it was a top-loading CD drive put into the top of a case..
ah yes but this will be an ordinary drive that pops out kinda, i'm only gonna do for the sheer value of saying "mate, have a look at this" its all about showing off with this mod, but then again, isn't every asthetic mod? showing off what u can do?
no no no and NO. do it like im gonna do my PLDRU which is still in development. ok like this: push the eject button, the drive rotates up, automatically ejects tray, waits 10 seconds or so, closes the tray, then dips back down all automatically. form AND function.
yeh but i want something simple, lol it sounds so compicated to get it to wait 10 secs n g back down again, i'm trying to work out how to get it to pop up atm!! so ideas on that is a good start?
just a circuit to control it... if you want it to tilt up, make a pivot at the back and use a servo at the front to push it up or down. simple as that.... OR if you want you could fund my PLDRU project and let me do it and then show you how with pictures. no? well, i tried.
hmmm ok like the servo id, use it to push something against the drive i guess? thats good coz u press the push button to make it go the full extent oneway and then press it again to go the full extent the otherway to make it go back down. something like that?
no. your gonna have to get someone to design you a circuit if you want it to work like im telling you. the circuit will consist of a timer and a voltage controler. you will trigger a button on the circuit which will put +power to the servo making it go up. the cd rom will hit a switch causing the motor to stop and triggering the countdown timer to start and the actual eject of the tray. when the timer reaches 0 it will trigger a button press to close the tray, and a flip flop which will then put -power through the servo taking it back down. the cd rom will hit a switch which will stop the power to the servo and reset the whole process. as for the servo, you should probably anchor a lever to the bottom of the cd rom so it will move it up and down. geez, i cant believe im giving away my whole idea to someone. eh, oh well, ill prolly never get it made due to money, or lack thereof.
see now if u were in the uk id sponsor u!! hmmm if u want, e-mail me and we could talk more about it. devilish_by_nature@hotmail.com im not bothered with the timer doin the cd i just want it to go up and down, lol i know, simple but thats all i wanna do. so basically all i need is a switch to make the servo go but i need to make sure that the servo stops when its at full extent, as i say, for confidentiality, mail me if u want. im dead kean to do this.
thats what PayPal was invented for. well, yes and no. id recommend having a voltage controller / flip flop so you can have a single push button. if you want, you could just make it super manual with a switch. tell you what. after i get off work today, ill draw you a little diagram of what im talking about and post it. you want it to tilt up or do you want it to raise straight up out of the top like an elevator?
yeah, my expensive and not too easy way to do it would probably to get an R/C car or airplane servo, wire that, a stealthed button, and the cd eject button to a STAMP board. then make a program that actuates the servo to push the drive up. how much it actually raises the drive is controlled by how far you have the connecting rod (between the drive and servo control arm) mounted from the center of the servo control arm. and then have a delay in the program to allow the drive to be raised, then have it "push" the cd eject button by connecting the momentary switch.
